""It was like eight cop cars that came pulling up for us," he told WBAL-TV 11 News. "At first, I didn't know where they were going until they started walking toward me with guns, talking about, 'Get on the ground,' and I was like, 'What?'" "They made me get on my knees, put my hands behind my back, and cuffed me," Allen added. "Then, they searched me and they figured out I had nothing.""
"The incident highlights glaring shortcomings with current gun detection systems, which are being rolled out at schools across the country. That's not to mention the problematic privacy concerns of monitoring students with flawed AI tech or the outsized role law enforcement plays in public schools. Besides false positives, gun identification software has proven unable to prevent deadly shootings, such as the one at Antioch High School in suburban Nashville earlier this year."
Taki Allen, a 16-year-old student at Kenwood High School, was eating a bag of Doritos outside after football practice when an AI-powered gun detection system flagged the bag as a weapon. Armed police arrived in multiple vehicles, forced Allen to the ground, cuffed and searched him, and found nothing. The incident reveals false positives in emerging gun-detection technology, raises privacy concerns about surveillance of students, and highlights the extensive role of law enforcement in schools. Gun-identification systems have not proven effective at preventing deadly shootings and have faced accusations of reinforcing racial bias. Omnilert’s system in Baltimore County scans camera footage to alert police.
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